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Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1887-07-07
EARLY LOCOMOTIVES.
DAVID MATTHEW, WHO RAN THE
FIRST ONE IN NEW YORK.

He Is Still Living. and Resides in Cali
fornia-His Life on the Rail and the
Quaint Drawings He Has Made of the
Old Engines.
When person considers that the country
is fairly gridironed with railroad tracks; that
the locomotive stands ready to take him to
nearly any point he may wish to reach; that
the continent can be crossed in less than a
week; he can scarcely realize that the pas
senger locomotive is not yet sixty years old;
that only two generations have enjoyed the
facilities it affords, and that the engineer who
ran the locomotive of the first passenger train
in New York state, David Matthew, still
lives
Mr.. Matthew is now residing in California,
and in appearance greatly resembles the gen.
eral whose portrait is found in every southern
home-Robert E. Lee.
Mr.. Matthew has devoted some time in his
declining years to preparing series Of
sketches, in which he has depicted the evolu-
tion of the locomotive. These sketches have
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1887-07-07
A Rushing Business.

Druggist to customer)-There you are, sir;
a two cent stamp. Can do anything else
for you, sir.
mer-Well-er-would you cash a
small check? Save me the trouble Of going
to the bank.
Druggist-With pleasure. Anything else,
sirl
Customer-I believe will put one Of these
elmanacs in my pocket, and that is all,
think, this morning.
Druggist-Thanks. Won't Won have a
glass of soda water with mel-New York
Sun.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1887-07-07
Death Of w. r. Sheridan.

The actor, w. E. Sheridan, who died In
Australia short time ago, was perhaps best
known as star in the role of Louis XI,
though he was noted as one Of the most YER
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1887-07-07


father, David Matthew, who ran the De Witt
Clinton, drawing the first passenger train in
New York state, Aug. 9, 1881, Mohawk ard
Hudson railroad"
The history, as written by Mr.. Matthew,
commences as follows:
See the pioneer railways, with their locomotive
engines drawing their trains, the fathers invent
ors. on them. See their names and the places that
they were first invented and introduced.
First in world-South Wales, patent 1902 Rich
ard Travithick, February, 1904 Train ten ton bar
iron. Merthyr Tydrill railway, South Wales,
1S04. Drawing of traiu)
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Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1887-07-07
WOMEN'S WAISTS.
WHAT THEY WERE LIKE IN THE
MIDDLE AGES.

When the Corset Came in-Fashions as
They Were in Days of Old, When
Their Sway.
Ia the matter of waists ladies have always
gone to some trouble to improve on nature
Yet their efforts have never been rewarded
with success Nature is jealous as well as
exceedingly clever dame, who resents sug-
gestions and lays on penalties when she IS
meddled with.
Tight lacing took its rise back of us four or
five centuries at least The beginning of this
evil is so remote that there is no tracing it to
its source. In the fifteenth century they
wrote about pair Of bodies, which probably
accounts for the word bodice" In the six
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1887-07-07

Fine Extempore Sermon.
reporter TO minister)-That was a very
hne extempore sermon, sir.
Mlnister-Ah, glad you liked it. Ihave the
manuscript T., use at home if you wish to print it
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1887-07-07

Spicuous by putting
it on the outside of
his clothes. Slen-
der wais is pre-
vailed in the me
diaval ages, as we
might expect, since
intellect was then
in a decline. Me-
diRval romances
drip with illusions
to the small waists
Of ladies, who, ac-
cordlng to the ideal
of the day, must
b have "gen t yll
bodies and middles
small" A knight,
too, if he filed the
requirements of So
ciety, must be slen-
der about his body.
Aldermen w ith
swelling abdomens
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1887-07-07

Of an inch thick,l
are angular, and
measure 3 by 2X
inches, placed at
the distance of
-twenty-one inches
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1887-07-07
GEN. PAlNE'S NEW YACHT.
A Craft Which 1t Is Hoped Will Be Able
to Beat the Thistle.

A Craft Which 1t Is Hoped Will Be Able
to Beat the Thistle.
The new steel yacht built for Gen. Paine
at Wilmington, Del, is attracting much at.
tentioD, and The New York World has just
secured illustrations Of the boat as here repro
duced. This yacht is built on entirely differ
ent lines from those Of the Mayfower and
Titania. 1t has been compared to a floating
swordfsh, rakish and piratical looking
craft. 1t is thought the new boat will be
very fast, though hers is an untried model
The keel of the new boat consists Of steel
plates curved to trough like shape, into
which fifty tons of melted lead was poured
She will carry twenty tons of pig lead as
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1887-07-07

CATHERINE DE MED1CIS. it was very clumsy
humor, but it suited the times, no doubt.
Pictures of court danes made in the Fif-
teenth century have waists so small that only
corsets of the most unyielding type could
have produced them. And one artist was
kind enough to leave US the picture OF a
woman in the act of lacing garment similar
to the corset 1t is no worse, not so bad as
what can be seen in real life to this day at
an English woman tailor's. Fashionable Eng
lish women cannot fasten their gowns with
out the aid of long handled button hook.
After they are fastened there is no such
thing as breathing "below the belt"
1t may be a surprise to some of "the young,
the gay, the fair, in pleasures reckless train,"
to know that something like the Jersey of to-
day was in use by the upper class IN the
Eleventh, Twelfth and Thirteenth centuries,
and is of eastern origin. 1t was called the
"bliaus," was long and tight fitting and was
of elastic material. 1t covered the waist and
extended over the abdomen, and was figured
in a honeycomb pattern. 1t revealed the fig
ure perfectly, and no corset was worn beneath
it either From the word "bliaus," our word
"blouse" evidently originated.
A book compiled in 1871 reveals the fact
that women then painted their faces, bleached
their hair with wine, pulled out hairs to make
their foreheads high and went into the vain
and frivolous in costumtng to great lengths.
One woman has honorable mention" in the
book because she had eighty gowns. In those
days great ladies bowed to tailors. One is
spoken of as having said that she was better
pleased to bow to tailor than to lord.
The Normans Introduced the corset into
England. 1t can be traced back to the Twelfth
century. A caricaturist represented the Devil
as a fashionable lady, making the corset con-
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1887-07-07

regulate her trim.
Her center board
is 20x22 feet, with
a drop Of about
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1887-07-07
Things One Would Rather Have L

She-Nol can't give you another dance
But I'll introduce You to the prettiest girl in
the roomi
He-But l don't want to dance with the
prettiest girl in the room. want to dance
with you.-Punch.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1887-07-07

The frames are strips of steel fve-sixteenths
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-10-14
No Two Hat. Alike.

There Is n popularity about ladies'
head dressing which few men have dis
covered, Notwithstanding their com
priat, with references to high hats at
the opera and their MUST and un-
warranted assertions that their wiycs
must have new bonnets to match those O (
The ladies' in their set. That peculiari,y
Is that no two hats worn by lovely
women are alike. You may 90 TO any
public gathering, or watch the passing
throng all day, and YOU will not bc re-
wardcd by seeing two hats that resemble
each other, with thousand to pick
from. Is it intentional? | presume il
5, upon the part of the milliner 1t is
on'yrcccntly that | made this discovery.
and have yet to find the pair of bon
lct' or hats to match. There are hun
iredS OF hats of like shape, to be sure.
ont the dcft fingers of the milliner
transform the original into an indescrib-
iblo confusion of effect, which cannot be
inflated or duplicated, to please the
purchaser. - Globe Democrat.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-10-14
4 Substitute for PRAYER.

A minister tells The following:
somewhere in the country n nEmber of
ministers were wont TO meet together
on stated days for purposes pertaining
to their calling. As might be sup
posed, each meeting was opened with
prayer. But one day they met at the
Louise of brother who had stock of
excellent cigars, which he passed
around freely. Soon all tho brethren
were pulling away, and before they
knew it they had taken up the BUSH
ne OF the meeting. Suddenly one Of
them rene nbered the forgotten PRAYER
and suggested that somebody mako mp
for lost time. But one OF the others
was equal to the occasion. "Never
mind now, Brother u" he said I;
I'VE have opened this meeting by Of
fering up incense. Let that suffice. -
albany Express.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-10-14
Tho khetliNe'a WIfa.

The Khcdivc's wife is described by
lady who was admitted to her presence
As still young, at most &c years old, and
ms an extremely charming face. Her
whole appearance would be bewitchine
Wcrc she not an Oriental, and, therefore,
young as she is, already too stout to be
perfectly beautiful according to Euro
pcan notions. She has large, dark eyes,
with long, heavy cyelashes, dazzling
.omplcXlon-to which art has contrib
atrd nothing-and the loveliest little
mouth and teeth. Her neck and arms,
Is well as her small fat hands, glittcrcd
with diamonds, and her dark, fashion
Iby arranged hair was encircled with
Wrcnths of precious stones, and yet,
somehow, her toilet seemed not over
laden. On the left side Of her white
urah dress, whose long trail was com
pictcly covered with rich lace, she wore
. hrDchc of fresh orange leaves and
white roses, and below it miniature OF
hc khcdive set in diamonds; on lit
le table lay her golden tabatierc with
hc signaturc of Abdul Aziz in diamonds
md "a large tly-fllp of ostrich feathers,
whose handle glittcred and sparklcd
9TH the slightest motion.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-10-14
FIfgJ,t or me fIbnfross.

An instance of the powers of fight
possessed by these untiring birds is af-
fordcd by the fact that the same indi-
viduals, distinguished by some peculiar
ity Of plumage, may be observed ac-
companying the ship day after day. We
have never seen them fly by night, and
ms a vessel in the Southern Ocean often
makes twelve 90 thirteen knots an hour.
these birds may have had to recover
after daybrcak as much as 80 knots. or
175 statute mics Probably no power
Of wing whcrcwith q bird could be en-
dowcd would serve, without tho faculty
Of sailing, for the albatross' Journey of
10, 600 leagues. During the transient
time Of breeding nc repairs to land, but
his homo is the wide world. It is n
trito remark that dancing is the poetry
of motion. The valse is its lanRuishing
love lyric; qun1rille, gavottc and min
uct its comedy and stately drama. But
let him who would behold what in the
sphere Of motion may he likcncd to tho
epopco Of vocal language 90 to tho
Southern Sea and view the lordly
progress Of the albatross, while the tall
ship, cradled on rolling pillows, each
three times its length, the swell Of some
exhausted gale, and circled by mmen-
sity, is lullcd by dying murmers Of Ant
arctic storm Fl st. James Gazette.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-10-14
The Gypsies, Custom OF visf,i.o.

Visiting is III great favor with them.
When two or more camps arc contiguous
this is kept up increasingly in tho winter
quarters it il constant; and I have
known families and bands to travel from
New Braunfels, Tex, to Pembroke, Me-,
more than 2, 800 miles by road, to
visit" another band comprising rela-
tives and few friends who had but
recently landed in this country from
England. ''Pretty George" his mother
and two sisters, over there in the hand
some wagon nearest the brook, live in
Ohio and owns several farms there.
Brewer is a land owner in Southern Indi-
ana. Both these and their families are
visiting .'Unclc Job" who is very rich
and lives in Vermont Last year the af-
fair was reversed and "Uncle job" with
his large family and splendid wagons,
traversed the pleasant roadsides of Ohio.
while his camp is daily visited by scores
of wealthy Gypsies from Boston. One
family, the CooperS, the rich horse trad
crs of East Somervilc, Boston. have two
fine houses alongside their stables, and
the entertainment here at the camp is
returned there in what would be pretty
comfortable style for anybody. 1t must
not be imagined that the Romnny are all
poor. can give you list o. them worth
$40, 900, 900, and l have many "a time
eaten meals with them served on tho
costliest OF Chin, while the Rcynold,
and Stanley families have many time
been my hosts when our food has come
upon the grecnsward in n solid silver
service. i Elgar l.. Wakeman's Letter.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-10-14

ths body. and is welded upon n. und,-
s,de to the gold belt sncirciine the bodv
Cpon the back are tiny jewels set in cold
and fastened into the shelf The color
ing OF the shell is brilliant sp,rkHn.
ME green, edged OF with black. The
movement of the Dug gives flashes OF
siegated colors which are remarkably
pretty and effective. Upon the under
s'ae IS fastened a delicate gold chain.
"hicn In turn is attached to a chased
brooch, This can be pinned upon any
part OF the dress. Miss Nelson SAYS
these bugs live for number of wears II
NOT exposed to the rigors of northern
crimes. She fastcns hers at the belt and
the jewe'led beauty goes wandering
around among the garniture of roses
mowers and laces upon her corsape. The
Dug does not seem to be timid. but
crawl' tranquility oblivious to the ADM.
ration be Greatest Now Haven Regis.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-10-14
4 Fairy Oak Tree.

To produce orc of these dainty little
plants take an acorn and tic string
found IL so the blunt end where the cup
"a, is upward. Suspend it in a bottle
f hy cnth glass containing a small
quantity Of water, but be careful that
.h0 oruu does not reach within an inch
'." water. Wrap tho bottle in flannel
d." pat 1t in a warm, dark place. In a
month "r less the acorn will swell, burst
'- D'' and throw out a tiny white
r"ht Thi. is one root and when half
90 inch .o3g the water way be allowed
" rise higher, but must not touch it un-
q. The neck Of the root begins to turn
upward As soon as this stem com
"."..- 10 .hoot, the baby oak will re-
'.l" small doses Of light every day, and
.." root Gun now extend into the water.
"" NonN or So il will be ready TO be
renewed 'oa window, where you can
10 the Development At first, the
trunk chat is 10 be will resemble a
'..u thread covered with small
Then tho scales will expand and
"I become green. Little leaves
rI..r veins will branch, the old
.....- .a.. 1T, until you have a perfect
'Hr. Of tho great kings Of the for
Cottage Hearth.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-10-14

If those are 20 be believed, who, hav-
ing been more or less hanged, have been
rcsuscitatcd and have narrated their OK
pcrience, tho much commiscratcd victim
of the laws extreme penalty is not
wholly miserable 1t would seem that
death, ''sus. per coll'' has its ameliorat-
ing conditions or circumstances. One
sufferer in the religious cause Of France
is said to have complained" because he
was called back 20 consciousness from
an experience Of surprising delights,
in which he enjoyed the pleasure OF
gazing upon the most beautiful scenery.
The immediate sensation OF pain
is momentary; and it would APP
pear not unlikely that in our
anxiety for tho avoidance Of needless
annoyanccs TO those we put TO death
iudiciously, we may be actually in crcas-
ing their sulTcrings and diminishing
their pleasures Tho instantaneous
deaths have all tho pain and little or
none Of the pleasures Slowly induced
congestion Of the brain may be
the least painful, and il only the
blood pressure be cfTcctually raised at
the centre that sees, the beautiful light
and charming scenery are enjoyed in tho
highest perfection. The subject is a
grim ono, and we arc not sure that tho
new view Of hanging experience tends
10 make the death penalty increasingly
deterrent; but il is right that both sides
Of a question with which the late Mr..
Whallcy once excited the mcuimcnt OF
tho House Of Commons, by describing
rs a "poor mans question:" should be
carefully considered at all costs. II Lop-
don Lancet.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-10-14
ADI.Infectant for D,phtherl,.

A writer in the American Medical
Journal urges, in case of premises or
apartments where there is diphtheria,
that the most convenient method Of
fumigation is to drop small pinch of
sulphur upon hot stove. if there is one
In the room if there be no stove i'm the
room, few Goals on shovel or other
convenient utensil may be carried into
the room, and the sulphur dropped on
the coals--a little experience soon enab-
ling any one to determine how much
sulphur to burn in each room. 1t Is not
necessary, he remarks, to fill the room
SO full OF these sulphur fumes az to
cause suifocation, and, if in any case
little too much sulphur is used, causing
offensive fumes, the doors and windows
can be opened for minute or two.
Other disinfectants may of course be
employed, but these sulphur fumes are
found to permeate every crevice in the
house-the fact being that it is the most
practical and cffcctual method Of disin-
lection against the spread of the disease
that can be adopted; is useful, indeel,
In the house infected and in all neigh
boring houses.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-10-14

In diseases of the heart, anger is "a
potent agency Of evil. II death does
not occur from sudden, intense shock.
the organ is enfeebled by every fit Of
passion. In persons Of a plethoric habit
ana given to excuses in eating, and in
those in whom the coats of the blood
vessels of the brain have been weakened
by degenerative changes, anger increases
the danger of apoplexy. A variety of
other diseases is liable to follow inn
moderate anger; among them may be
mentioned paralysis, epilepsy and hys-
terra. Anger, or violent or ungovernablc
temper, as il is sometimes expressed.
holds, according to the reports of the
different lunatic asylums both in Europe
and America, prominent place among
the causes of insanity. -[Good House
keeping.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-10-14
Tn. Woman w.o,r.

whenever a woman begins to WOO she
becomes bore. She is out Of her
place. aud, therefore, a source OF annoy
anos 20 those who are in place. Her in
tented victim is not the only one she
borcs, because she must tell all of her
ircnd. what she is doing and exhibit
her lamb on every possible occasion.
Tony mind woman exhibiting young
man whom she is wooing with some
prospect %! success is a far more painful
.ighi % lchold than the exhibition of
the first baby. Her manner. as she leads
him around in society. says in language
palmer han words: This Is my poodle;
G.clught him all myself; isn't he nice.
sml wouldn't YOU like TO have one?n-
IPitt,burg Dispatch.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-10-14
Fashion Notes.


Mohair dresses, in subdued shades ,re
made up simply.
Embroidered velvet bonpets ore now
tho rage in Paris.
found hats will be more worn this
winter than ever before.
irdesccnt beads will be still much
used in gimps and fringes.
Amber combs, brooches an d necklaces
are worn with dressy evening toilets.
kepped silk, moirc, velvet and Ben
game are used for accessories upon cloth
gowns
Basques are still made short with
pointed or rounded fronts, short sides
and position backs.
cashmere is much used for both street
and house dresses: MORE silk is com
bined with it in many instances.
Heliotrope in its various shades is con-
spicuous in dress goods of all grades
and it is still prominent in millinery.
Growing girls wear sashes of ribbon
or surnh, laid in soft folds about the
waist and knotted gracefully on the left
side.
The diminutive mantelets now so
popular are deliberately trimmed with
beaded ornaments, jetted fringe and
lace.
Venetian gauzes, striped with deeper
hue in satin, arc made up with a surplice
waist an full drapcry without contrast
ing goods.
Dainty little velvet jackets, to be
worn with skirts of various kinds. are
cut with short fronts, position backs
and elbow sleeves.
New silk gloves are embroidered on
the back with fine jet, steel or bronze
beads matching the gloves; the effect is
bright and dressy.
Cream white silk galloons, and also
straw galloons, are exhibited and used by
modistes, as well as 10y miliners. to trim
canvas goods and lightweight textures.
Young ladies admire the dainty little
bonncts covered with the delicate pink
and white blossoms of the trailing ar
butus, or composed of finest flowers and
foliage.
Full puifs, extending from the shoulder
to the elbow, are brought out on some
of the new costumes, but they are more
generally used on tea-gowns, matinecs
and dressy home toilets.
Draperies are full in front and full in
plaits from the belt to the foot of the
skirt on one side and arc drawn up high
on the other; if not straight at the back
they are moderately boufTant.
Gray and yellow was combination
introduced into this country by Mr..
Langtry, and it has become since very
stylish. 1t is particularly pretty for ir-
terror decoration, and also for costume
if very tastcfully arranged by an artist.
A whole gray costume is one of the
most stylish Of all fashions for fall. The
tint should extend to the parasol and
gloves as well and 1t is quite the chic
thing to have the uppcrs Of tho boots
made of the material OF the gown.
All bodiccs are deliberately trimmed
il front except those made by tailors.
These have narrow, fiat trimmings, in
the shape OF smooth vests and narrow
rcvers, which widen at the top and are
carried around under the neck under the
standing collar.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-10-14

VI Emily Nelson, Of Bridgeport. has
'.. present from Merida, Yucca
0 'ao hapo Of nm educated Jew
H 10 has q harness Of gold and
.I with precious stones, and il
ITO. Sonora Fuentcs, OF Merida,
whose daughter, Scnorita
..t ium'r-, has passed The last
pupil ut Miss Nelson's
.n Golden hin. Her bcstowal
educated, jcwcllcd bug as n
considered in Yucatan as n high
.."n The bugs are extremely
"uatc and are looked upon
c.asc3 rs the particular
T'.E " royalty Miss Nelson is very
Justly happy over her bug
constantly while driving
npag TIE insect is about the
"'-..mry rcl beetle. Around
firmly fastened gold band.
".I strap IS ivctcd 10 this and
. down tlc back, around and under
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-10-14
ZHE FAMILY PHYSICIAN
r. Pm, Y.ur..,f 20 So,

III people who lie awake an nnrea son
able length of time on going TO bed,
viii imagine themselves watching the
waves rolling up on the shore or beach,
watch each wave through all its motions,
rising, curving, rolling. rushing up the
beach, clinging tenaciously, but forced
TO RETREAT again, only to go through the
same monotonous routine over and over
Ill they can force themselves to follow
these motions about five minutes, they
wiii-wakc next morning wonderin 9
how they:got asleep so easily.-lCottago
Hearth.